Fastening- for garments



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CYRUS W. BALDWIN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND HENRY MESSER, OF SAME PLACE, AND LUTHER AIKEN, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

FASTENING- FOR GARIVIENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,081, dated July 3, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS IV. BALDWIN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Fastening for Garments; and I do hereby declare that the same is described and represented in the following specification and drawings.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and the mode of using it, referring to the drawings in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the igures.

Figure 1, is the front side of my new fastening for garments. Fig. 2, is the back side or the reverse of Fig. l. Fig. 8 is one edge.

The nature of my invention consists in one, two or more link hooks with one end fastened to a plate of metal and the other end pointed, so as to be easily and readily in* serted into the skirt, or garment to be fastened.

In the accompanying drawing A, is a plate of sheet metal perforated to receive one end of the link-hooks B, B, which are inserted through the holes in the plate, and after the ends of the hooks are inserted the plate is bent and pressed together on the ends of the hooks, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to hold them firmly and retain them in their pro-per p0- sition. The ends of the hooks between the plates may be further secured by so-ldering, and the ends of the hooks may be fluted, bearded or scored before they are inserted in the plate, so that when the plate is closed and pressed upon them, they will be firmly held without solder. The ends of the link hooks opposite to the ends held by the plate are pointed, as shown in the drawing so that they may be readily and easily inserted in the cloth or end of the waist-band C, and pushed through to the position shown in the drawing and then the end C', of the waistband may be hitched onto the hooks and complete the fastening or connection of the waistband; and the pulling of the waistband has a tendency to throw the plate toward the points of the hooks. When the plate is pressed from the points of the hooks the end C, of the waistband may be easily unhooked.

The wires which form the 'hooks may be inserted in the plate and the plate closed and pressed onto the ends; and then the wires may be bent into the proper form, to make the link hooks.

I have described this fastening as being made with three link hooks, but I contemplate that they may be made with one, two or such a number of link hooks as may be desired. This fastening is more easily and readily applied to garments than buttons or hooks and eyes, as it does not require sewing on nor the making of a button hole. And as it is removed from garment when it (the garment.) is to be washed it is not in the way when washing and ironing like buttons and hooks and eyes. Besides it is so easily changed that one fastening will serve for several garments, and it is more readily adjusted to suit the size of the person with I this fastening than with any other, as it may be hooked tight or loose with the same facility. And when once hooked the garment is secure so that there is no danger of a lady losing' h-er skirt or drawers in the street.

This fastening may be used to great advantage in festooning curtains and other drapery. 4

I believe I have described the new skirt or garment fastening which I have invented so as to enable any person skilled in t-he art to make and use it.

I will now state what I desire to secure by Letters Patent to wit.

The new article of manufacture for fastening garments described to wit, a garment fastening consisting of one, two or more link hooks fastened to a plate substantially as described.

C. W. BALDWIN. l/Vitnesses:

HENRY M. PARKER, JOSEPH BURNETT. 

